It started in Mt. Vernon

  Vacations are a tricky thing, There is a line from a famous movie, about vacations... Forrest Gump's momma used the term to explain the extended absence of Mr. Gump.  In that context, the word vacation, meant to be absent from something or somewhere.  It's  a great definition.    Growing up in the Mount Vernon Community, I don't remember our neighbors going on vacations. There were families with a stay at home mom, some families with two working parents, and several families with only one parent.  A lot of these families were in survival mode.  I suppose there was neither time, or money for vacations.  Melanie, Sheri, and I were fortunate.  By the time I was in elementary school, mom was working at East Middle school.  Dad was running Minit Saver Market, a grocery store that he and his father opoened in 1963.  They were thrifty and saved up for vacations.  We took family trips to see Aunts, and cousins in far away places, like Maryville, TN, three hours away.  If we were